Chronology --
Note on the text --
Strindberg and the novel --
The red room --
Progress --
The son of a servant --
The people of Hemso --
The defense of a fool --
The romantic organist --
Tschandala --
A witch --
By the open sea --
Inferno --
Alone --
Black banners --
The roofing feast --
The scapegoat --
Conclusion.